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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 1563313" data-attributes="member: 7533">Well, I've got an in-game reason for using 'pre-set spells'...  Essentially, spellcasting is a means to put your mind into a particular frame of reference that allows you to access that 90% of your brain that you don't normally use, and create a specific effect using sheer force of will.Researching new spell effects can take centuries, as only very specific combinations of gestures and words will create a particular effect.  Those combinations must be ardently tested, and in my campaign world only elves (or far-sighted generations of other races) have the longevity to create the new spells.  The current spell lists are the tried-and-true methods of spellcasting.  Tossing spell-casting elements together willy-nilly would be extraordinarily dangerous.Anyway, I took a second look at Unearthed Arcana (I admittedly glossed over the spell point section the first time I looked through it), and it seems that UA's Spell Point system along with the 'vitalization' variation will work quite well for what I want to do.Thanks for the comments and criticisms, guys.</blockquote>